Text/Penguin Review Group Jonathan
This year's sport has become a very fashionable thing. Young people like to show their personality through playing, running, skiing and various extreme sports. You will find many post-90s or post-95s friends or QQ. Space will have photos and videos of their handsome or beautiful movements. However, shooting these photos is not difficult, especially shooting equipment is very important. However, the traditional camera is too large, so the compact size of the sport camera has become the first choice for many people: this type of camera is not only compact and portable, but also can be connected to the mobile phone for easy sharing to social media. Therefore, the first generation of sport cameras introduced by the small ants has been favored by many young people who love sports.
Of course, you can see that many devices now support 4K-level ultra-high resolution (ie, resolution of 3840×2160) and the resolution is four times that of 1080p. Both DV, SLR cameras and even mobile phones can shoot 4K. The price of video, 4K TVs and monitors is getting cheaper and cheaper. Popularity is sooner or later. So if sports cameras don't support 4K anymore, they will be too outdated and small ant 4K sports cameras will emerge. So whether this sports camera is easy to use, the shooting effect is ideal? Here we come to a detailed experience of it.
People who usually want to buy a sports camera should care about the following factors:
1: The volume is compact and easy to carry, it is best to be waterproof;
2: Is it convenient to shoot and connect the mobile phone?
3: The shooting effect is satisfactory;
4: Are the accessories or purchaseable accessories abundant?
5: What is the battery life and operational stability?
Here we will experience and verify one by one from these five major aspects. The first is the appearance. From the small ant 4K sports camera packaging box is relatively simple, "yi" LOGO is also very conspicuous.
The small ant 4K sports camera is very small in size. According to the official data, the body's measurements are 65x42x21mm and weighs 95 grams, so wearing on the body will not bring additional burden. At the moment we are getting a black version, which is available in white and rose gold. The small ant 4K sports camera's body is also very simple, there are not many extra buttons, the front only has one LED indicator in addition to the lens, and the body marked "4K" and "12 million pixels" words.
The top of the small ant 4K sports camera is equipped with microphone holes and switches, recording buttons, which is the only button in the whole body, also means that its operation is very simple. It is worth mentioning that it uses a two-microphone stereo radio system.
At the bottom of the camera there is an information bar code and a standard tripod interface that allows you to connect it to various brackets and accessories. In addition, as long as you push forward in the direction of the bottom arrow, you can open the battery compartment, you can see it is equipped with a 1400mah battery, TF memory card is also placed here. However, from the overall design point of view, it is not waterproof.
One side of the fuselage is accompanied by a Micro USB connector, which is mainly used for charging and has a dust cover on it.
In addition to the top of the switch and shooting buttons, the small ant 4K sports camera does not have other physical buttons, the entire control and set operation is entirely controlled by the 2.19-inch touch screen on the back of the fuselage, its PPI up to 330, with 160 ° From the perspective, and the entire system is very smooth, there will be no case of Caton, and we have been very stable in our long-term tests. There is no deadlock situation.
When working with the small ant 4K sports camera, the front of the fuselage LED indicator will be two phases, to remind you that it is recording. The camera is equipped with 7 high-definition optical glass, 155 ° wide-angle, with automatic low light, LDC lens distortion correction characteristics.
The current official accessories include a selfie stick and a bluetooth remote controller such as the one above, which are convenient for users to perform self-shooting and other operations. The self-timer's workmanship and texture are very good.
It can be seen that the appearance of the small ant 4K sports camera is small and light enough, and it will hardly affect your sports when you take it with you. In addition, its body work is also good, but the only good thing is that the edge of the fuselage edge is relatively easy to wear off the paint, but the paint is not serious. In addition, it is not a small pity to not support waterproof body, but we can achieve this by purchasing waterproof kits later.
Here we make a brief summary: The small ant 4K sports camera has a very compact appearance and a light weight, so if you wear it on your body during exercise, you will hardly feel a particular burden. Accompanying the touch screen also greatly reduces the button on the body, leaving only the most basic shooting shutter and switch, the operation is also very convenient. However, due to the fact that it is relatively sharp and angular, it is relatively easy for paints in corners and corners to wear if they are used for a long time.
Here we take a look at this small ant 4K sports camera is easy to use. In the above we have already mentioned that the entire body button is very simple, most of them are done and set on a 2.19 inch touch screen. Although the screen area is small, since each virtual key has a relatively large area, misoperations rarely occur. Also worthy of recognition is that the small ant 4K sports camera's touch system is very smooth, basically there will be no Caton situation, there is no obvious delay, with a good touch experience.
You can use this touch system to perform various detailed settings, such as adjusting the resolution of the camera or video, metering mode, turning on the manual or auto shutter, opening the time stamp, sensitivity, exposure compensation, lens distortion function on And WiFi and SD settings. Of course, if you connect this sports camera with your phone, you can also complete these settings on the mobile app. However, relatively speaking, the use of the sports camera environment will be relatively fixed, if you do not change the sports and scenes, basically set it up without having to make major changes.
The small ant 4K sports camera is almost equipped with all the adjustment options that any ordinary digital camera can have, even if the ISO can be adjusted manually.
Let's take a look at the association between the small ant 4K sports camera and the mobile phone. First of all, regardless of whether you are using an iPhone or an Android phone, you must install an app named "Small Ant Sports Camera". You can find it on Apple's APP Store or Android's major markets. (Please note that in the Android Market, the small ants are officially launched. APP, there are already a lot of cottage APPs on the shelves. They cannot connect cameras to mobile phones. After the installation is complete, according to the wizard, only a few simple parts are needed to allow the mobile phone and camera to connect via WiFi, which is very convenient.
In order to increase the playability of the APP, the small ant sports camera has added social functions to the official app. For example, if you share the video or picture you have taken to a place similar to the WeChat circle of friends, the interface is similar to Instagram and you can like it. , leave a message and share, while its social features have also joined the current hottest live broadcast feature, you can use the small ant camera broadcast, or to see other people's live content.
In terms of camera settings, your use of the APP is basically the same as controlling the basic operation directly on the camera body, but the screen will be larger. In terms of controlling photographs, the operating interface of the mobile phone APP is like a camera APP, which provides multiple shooting mode choices, such as ordinary photographing, time-lapse photographing, photography mode, adjustment resolution, etc., and can be returned at any time See photos or videos taken before. It is also very simple to operate. Touch the virtual shooting button directly.
When using a mobile phone APP to control photographing or photographing, the screen transmitted from the small ant 4K motion camera can be seen in real time on the screen of the mobile phone. Although it has some picture delays, it is generally acceptable. In addition, the small ant 4K sports camera is equipped with a 155 ° ultra-wide-angle lens, it will be very easy to appear distortion, as in the above picture, the left side of the screen is not open lens distortion correction function, the right side of the open state, both The effect is very different. If the door frame in the left side is obviously deformed, and the right side is completely okay, you can see that the small ant movement camera has done a great job in controlling the distortion of the lens.
But here we need to explain that the "lens distortion correction" function is not available in the 4K resolution shooting mode, and you will see that the relevant setting options are gray and non-operational at this time.
In setting the various parameters and functions of the camera, and controlling the camera to take photos and videos, you can directly operate directly on the body, but if you want to update the firmware, you still need to use mobile phones. If there is a new firmware upgrade package on the APP side, you will be notified to download in a timely manner. After clicking “Update Nowâ€, the entire upgrade process will be completed automatically. You only need to wait a little time.
In addition to controlling the capture and updating of firmware, the APP can also transmit single or multiple files in the small ant 4K motion camera to the mobile phone via WiFi. The small ant 4K sports camera is equipped with a 5 GHz WiFi transmission technology, which is more than the ordinary 2.4 GHz. The interference ability is stronger, the transmission rate is relatively stable and satisfactory. The entire document management function of the APP is also user-friendly and the operation is very simple and easy. In addition to the video and photos in the small ant 4K motion camera can be transferred to the mobile phone via WiFi, it can also be connected directly to the PC via the microUSB interface, similar to the way the file is imported to the PC via USB flash drive. If equipped with a good performance TF card, the transmission speed can be stabilized at around 26M, suitable for transmitting 4K ultra high definition video.
Therefore, in the process of connecting the mobile phone, the stability, and the convenience of using the mobile phone, etc., the small ant 4K exercise is very easy to do, the connection process and operation are very simple, almost no tutorial guidance.
Here we take a look at the effect of the actual photographic and video shooting of the small ant 4K motion camera. Although the price is not expensive, but it is still using the Sony Exmor R CMOS back-illuminated sensor, video bit rate up to 60Mbps, in the hardware configuration is not bad, then the actual performance?
Overall, the picture of the small ant 4K sports camera has a good tolerance, and the effect of shooting in the daytime situation is ideal. In the bright and dark contrasting scenes, the control of purple fringing is also good. However, although it is equipped with electronic anti-shake function, but compared with optical image stabilization, the actual effect of electronic image stabilization is still very limited, if in a slightly more intense scene, this level of image stabilization is still far from enough. In addition, we also mentioned in the above, in fact, in the case of 4K camera does not support electronic anti-shake feature. In focusing speed, it is also quite satisfactory, of course, you can not use professional camera standards to require it, at least in the case of moving the lens during the day, it can focus in a shorter time accurately, daily use is sufficient.
However, in some complex light scenes, the white balance in the “automatic†situation is sometimes not self-identified, and there will be some deviations.
In addition, in the night shooting, the performance of the small ant 4K sports camera is not very good, which is the bottleneck of all small cameras. In addition to more noise and general image quality, the focusing speed will be greatly affected and will become more dull. So we recommend that everyone use it as much as possible in a bright light environment.
In terms of photographing, you only need to tap the shutter, and the operation is very convenient. The effect of photographing is relatively general, especially when it comes to the amount of light, it is not enough. In the evening environment with lighter lighting, the overall picture looks a little darker, and the resolution and latitude are relatively general (such as the distance Cloud level performance is not good, but for a sports camera, its main role is to record the process of the movement, does not need to achieve the level of professional cameras in the camera effect, from the overall demand, the small ant 4K sports camera photo effect is also Acceptable but not too demanding.
Our testing process is basically carried out at about 37°C. Whether shooting or taking pictures (especially 4K shooting), especially when the mobile phone App is connected via WiFi, the camera's fever is more obvious. However, the continuous operation of sports camera fever is almost a common problem of this type of product. In the actual measurement, the heat of the fuselage will affect the life of the machine to a certain extent. The small ant sports camera has a built-in battery capacity of 1400mAh. The official said that it can stand for 8 hours, and 4K/30 frames of video can be used continuously for 2 hours. Because our test environment is relatively high temperature, not easy to heat, so the actual standby time is lower than the official number, but the environment is relatively harsh, we use the official calibration value will not be much difference.
Finally, we unified here to answer the questions raised at the beginning of the article:
Q: Is the volume small and portable and it is best to be waterproof?
A: The size is very small, you will not be affected by it basically when you are exercising, but you must match the waterproof kit to drill into the water, but the volume will also increase.
Q: Is it convenient to shoot and connect to a mobile phone?
A: It is very convenient, and you can connect your mobile phone quickly. The operation is very simple, whether it is the APP or the touch operation.
Q: Is the shooting effect satisfactory?
A: In the case of adequate light, the photo effect is good. After adding 4K shooting capability, the picture is clearer and the focusing speed is also ideal. However, under complex light conditions, white balance is not automatically adjusted to the exact setting each time. In dark light conditions, the image quality and focus speed will be reduced, and the screen will have a feeling of smearing. In addition, the anti-shake function basically does not achieve any effect, and the electronic anti-shake and lens distortion correction functions cannot be used in the 4K camera.
Q: Are the accessories or purchaseable accessories abundant?
A: There are basic accessories such as waterproof kits, selfie sticks, but it is still far worse than Go Pro. So if you are doing everyday sports such as running, biking, diving, buying related accessories and using small ant 4K sports camera is no problem, but if you want to play some extreme sports, such as skiing, windsurfing, etc., it is recommended that you Buy Go Pro and related accessories.
Q: What is the endurance and operational stability?
A: In the case of 4K shooting, it is possible to adhere to about 1 and a half hours (37° ambient temperature) and there is a fever, but it does not affect the stability of the shooting.
In the end, many people want to understand this question: can sports cameras replace driving recorders? In fact, in theory, it is entirely possible, because both the principle and structure are exactly the same, but the purpose is different. Here we also use a small ant 4K camera to temporarily act as a driving recorder. Here's a look at the effect through this video.
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Through this video, you can see that the effect is still very good, but also very easy to import video into mobile phones and computers to watch. However, compared to a real driving recorder, it lacks the relevant on-board charging equipment, and after a long period of continuous work, the heat output is slightly higher than that of a normal driving recorder (after all, the 4K mode is turned on). However, if you do not drive for a long time, use it as a temporary worker or no problem, the definition of the shooting effect is much better than many mainstream products, but there is room for improvement in the anti-vibration.
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